Using ILT in Music Technology at New College Nottingham
Andy Wolfe Lecturer in Music Technology
New College Nottingham
New College Nottingham
• Large General FE College
• 6 centres across the city
• Good Ofsted report – Spring 2005 (Performing Arts: Grade 2)
Music at NCN• Around 250 FT
music students• From Entry level
to BA level (majority vocational)
• Music Performance & Production strands
Platforms
• Music Production courses – ProTools (HD/LE), Logic Pro
• Music Performance
courses – Cubase SX, Sibelius
PCvs.vs.MAC
Studio Design
• Problems with ‘traditional’ studio learning experiences– Highly passive– Small groups– No genuinely
individual work
Studio Design
• 10 individual workstations with– Logic Pro, ProTools
and other soft synths/samplers
– DIGI 002 interface– Focusrite Pre-Amps– Mackie Control
Surface– Patch Bay
Studio Design
• 2 live rooms for recording, all patched individually to every workstation
• Enables 10 (11) real-time recordings and mixes of the same source
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• Improvements – 100% active– Larger groups– Longer sessions– Genuinely
individual learning experience
Course Folders
• Bespoke alternative to commercial VLEs (Blackboard, Learnwise etc.)
• College wide• Very simple Windows-
based format • High take up amongst
staff (low fear factor)
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Discussion
• Get into groups of 3 and spend the remaining time discussing:– Your institution’s current use of ILT– Your own use of ILT– Anything useful to borrow/steal
from this morning to far?– Any challenges you are facing in
your own practice/teaching/institution